Martin13
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2019 Mercury's transit animation
Martin13 replied to Andrei Dumitriu's topic in Imaging Challenge #30 - Celestial Motion
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Mercury in motion
Martin13 replied to Nigella Bryant's topic in Imaging Challenge #30 - Celestial Motion
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Very impressive Mike, certainly convinced my wife that it is a worthwhile investment.
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Found them, nice sketches Mike.
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Hi Mike any chance of posting the link to one of your posts where you showed some sketches you did? I can't seem to find it, I want to show my wife what you can see with a 100mm Tak.
I think you were commenting on someone buying an Altair Astro refractor.
Thank you,
Martin.
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Hi Martin,
Gosh, I'm struggling to remember which post it was as I've posted so much lately. What i can do though is send you some images of the sketches I've made using the FC100DC. The chances are the pics you're looking for will be among the images I send. I'm mainly interested in lunar and planetary these days but I've also made quite a number of deep sky sketches too, so I'll send you a mix.
Kind regards,
Mike
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Hi Martin,
Below are a number of sketches all made using the Takahashi FC100DC, and all were made under reasonable to good conditions. For the deep sky observations I took every precaution to block out stray light. My little observatory has blacked out walls and floor and when observing outside the observatory, I use a blackout blanket over my head and eyepiece to maintain dark adaption as far as possible. When I find a deep sky object I study it for some time, rather than quickly moving on to the next. That way I allow the subtle detail to reveal itself.
The Moon:
The planets:
Deep Sky:
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Thanks John I will bear that in mind.
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Hi John, was looking on FLO at this after Mike mentioned it. Seriously tempted by it. Do you think it's worth buying the package or just the OTA? Looked at Borg, APM, Vixen and Stellamira as well. I think it will be the Tak.
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Hi Joejaguar, Toronto is a little too far away for me. I think import duties would also be rather pricey! Will definitely look at some TAKs , getting lots of good advice here. Thank you.
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Thank you Mike really good info there. I will see if I can find the Takahashi you mention. I have a Delios 10mm eyepiece on loan at the moment with a view to buy it.
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Thanks newbie I am the treasurer, going to the observatory on Friday if it's a reasonably clement evening. Would love to see the mount and maybe borrow it. We are a cracking society!
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Hi newbie alert I am in Hawkinge. I sm a member of SE Kent astro soc. Whereabouts are you? Too much cloud!
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Thanks dweller25, I will check out vixen and the Tak. Not sure how much I want to spend. It could be a little as £600 for a scope or upto £5000 for everything. I was looking at a Tak that had £300 off on FLO I think, but for the price I want a hard case and everything I need for visual observing. Another thread on here last year I think it's from Whitedwarf was looking at various portable refractors and he went an Altair Astro for £549 it was recommended by by a Tak owner. Thanks for replying.
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Hi I have 6" Helios refractor which I very rarely use because it's too heavy and cumbersome. So I have decided that I want a scope and goto mount which would be a setup that I can put in my car when going on holiday, or possibly take on a plane. Perhaps taking a second small mount on a plane rather than a motorised one. I have been looking at Takahashi because I don't want to buy another telescope after a few years, so it would be my once and for all scope. At present I don't do astro photography, maybe in the future I might use a dlsr camera. The reason for a goto mount is because I don't starhop and I would like to have the object tracked in the eyepice. I have seen that a people are buying extra equipment to add to their Takahashi, I have one good eyepiece but what else would I need to buy? I live in SE Kent so sometimes we get decent seeing, but like most of the UK we have light pollution and lots of clouds. Does anyone have some advice or recommendations?
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